A Sketch of the Buddha's Life

Readings from the Pali Canon

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This modest selection of excerpts from the Pali Canon provides a rough sketch of the life of the Buddha. I hope you will find enough in this rather sparse selection to gain at least an inkling both of the range of the Buddhas teachings and of the sweeping trajectory of his extraordinary life....

The Buddha's Last Days

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Ananda Notices That The Buddha Is Growing Old

To What Refuge Should The Buddha's Followers Turn

He Renounces His Will To Live On

Last Updated: 22 August, 2009